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Personal Finance

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2012

    Feeling Burned by Facebook's IPO? Be Pissed Instead at the Stock Market, a True Sucker's Bet

    On May 9, Facebook's upper brass had a meeting with financial analysts to tell them the company's revenue should be on the low end of projections, according to the Associated Press. That was bad news, especially considering Facebook was about to sell stock publicly for the first time. The analysts f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2012

    Allen West Calls Student Loan Bill Socialist, Votes for It

    You'd need only one guess to figure out which congressman criticized President Obama for using college students as "political pawns" hours before going into Congress to use college students as political pawns.Explaining his vote on Friday's extension of student loan interest rate cuts, Congressman A ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2011

    Seven People Charged in Tax Fraud Case Based on Secret Bank-Account Conspiracy Theory

    ambienceofmedia.com​Get this: The government creates a secret bank account for every person issued a birth certificate in the United States -- and has been doing so since the enactment of the 1936 Social Security Act -- that holds $630,000. Through a series of IRS filings, people can become entitl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2011

    Occupy Fort Lauderdale Gets the Boot Again

    Photo by Ian Witlen​Occupy Fort Lauderdale's residency in Wilton Manors was a bit short-lived.After the Downtown Development Authority informed protesters it was going to close Bubier Park in Fort Lauderdale from 2 to 6 a.m. and ban tents and tarps from the park, the group picked up and moved to E ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 4, 2011

    Florida Ranks Very High in Economic Study; Unfortunately, It's About People Being Poor

    ​A study from the Florida Center for Fiscal and Economic Policy says Florida ranks third, fourth, and fifth out of the 50 states in three different economic indicators.Unfortunately, those indicators are the highest rates of residents without health insurance, the largest percentage of children un ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2011

    Ron Paul Says Uninsured Shouldn't Be Left for Dead; Tea Party Audience Disagrees (Video)

    Texas Rep. Ron Paul​In our poll yesterday, around 42 percent of our readers thought that the Tea Party audience made the most outlandish comment at Monday night's CNN/Tea Party Express Republican debate.Texas Rep. Ron Paul was asked a hypothetical question during the debate by moderator Wolf Blitz ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 1, 2011

    Strax Rejuvenation Now Offering Surgery to People With Bad Credit

    Flickr user: Images_of_MoneyBad credit? No problem.​First came the ads touting plastic surgery financing for anyone with a checking account. Now they're targeting patients with bad credit. If the owners of Strax Rejuvenation and Aesthetics Institute are trying to compete with used-car salesmen, th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 15, 2011

    Ex-Health Insurance Executive: Rick Scott HMO Debacle Goes Against His "Obamacare" Rhetoric

    Illustration by Miche Ratto​Wendell Potter -- a former health care insurance executive who most recently left his post as head of communications for CIGNA -- has been following up on the Pulp's post on Florida's newest HMO policy for state employees and agrees that the decision to allow just one H ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2011

    Reverse-Mortgage Fraud Suspects Worked at Firm in Boca and Fort Lauderdale

    U.S. Attorney Wilfredo Ferrer brings the charges.​The three Florida men charged with reverse-mortgage fraud on Wednesday were Palm Beach County residents who worked for 1st Continental Mortgage, with offices in Boca Raton and Fort Lauderdale. A reverse mortgage allows a bank to purchase the homes ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 21, 2011

    Palm Beach County Tea Party Director Quits After Chairman Rags on Rep. Paul Ryan

    ​Standing up for what you believe in apparently isn't in the South Florida Tea Party manifest.Pam Wohlschlegel -- the director of the Palm Beach County chapter of the South Florida Tea Party -- called it quits after Chairman Everett Wilkinson declared House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan's Medicare ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2011

    U.S. Appeals Court Upholds Florida Law That Caps Medical Malpractice Damages

    askmen.comFlorida law is very concerned about insurance premiums.​According to Florida law -- and now the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals -- doctors' sometimes-deadly mistakes have a financial limit: $500,000.The law was being challenged by Michelle McCall, who the Associated Press reports died afte ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2011

    Allen West Interview: Florida Tea Party Favorite Talks About Islam and Donald Trump (Part 2)

    ​Read the first installment of the Allen West interview here.New Times: Let's talk about the Ryan budget [introduced by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin)], which you supported in the House. [This proposal was passed by the House and at presstime was awaiting a vote in the Senate, although House leader ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2011

    Universal Health Care: The Greatest Moral Issue of Our Time

    The Republican Party tries to pretend it has a monopoly on morality, but it's so drenched in sin right now that it ought to be able to feel the hellfire licking its feet. Fort Lauderdale Tea Party leader Gabriel Carrera plays dress-up as a minuteman.​The rotten Tea Party has in its hysteri ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 21, 2011

    While Enabling Pain Clinics, Rick Scott's Team Proposes Eliminating Funding for Real Clinics

    ​While it may be exaggeration to say he wants Florida's "pill mills" to stay open, Rick Scott has smacked down a whole bunch of rules that would regulate and monitor their activity. First he announced a freeze on new rules that would help the state crack down on fly-by-night clinics, then he disba ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2011

    Exposed: Judy Stern Played Secret Role In Mayoral Election

    For years, campaign operative and erstwhile politician Dan Lewis has claimed that his 2006 run against incumbent Jim Naugle for mayor of Fort Lauderdale was undermined by a conspiracy led by his nemesis, super-lobbyist Judy Stern. For years, Stern has said she had nothing to do with ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 16, 2011

    Sunday Politics: Q&A With Tea Partier on Health Care

    The Tea Party has demonized health-care reform -- or Obamacare, as it calls it -- to the point that the group seems to believe that it alone is going to destroy America. Tea Party signs​They've disrupted Congressional town hall meetings, screamed about sociali ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 28, 2010

    Rick Scott's Plan: Blame the Unemployed, Cut Drug Oversight, and Other Goodies

    ​You can't say the guy's not trying. Florida's favorite baldheaded former fraudster, Governor-elect Rick Scott, has been tossing off bits of a new economic plan. Not surprisingly, most of his talking points involve limiting government involvement and letting us little guys pull like mad on our boo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 23, 2010

    Tea Party Lawyer Marianne Moran Campaigns for Power to Repeal Federal Laws

    Moran at a Tea Party protest against Charlie Crist's U.S. Sugar "bailout."​Marianne Moran is a lawyer in West Palm Beach and a member of Tea Party in Action and Balance Our Budget Now. Through her work on the Florida Senate, she met Randy Barnett, a Georgetown law professor who is credited with de ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 22, 2010

    Kristin Haynes, Millionaire Creator of "Dreamsicles" Figurines, Sentenced for Tax Evasion

    We must be in the wrong business. Looks like the big money is in knickknacks, trinkets, and doodads. According to court documents in a federal criminal case, Kristin Haynes, creator of the Dreamsicles line of collectible ceramic figurines (like the one pictured here) raked in nearly $3 mil ... More >>

  • Music

    June 17, 2010

    DJ Deekline brings breakbeat to Respectable Street

    We must be in the wrong business. Looks like the big money is in knickknacks, trinkets, and doodads. According to court documents in a federal criminal case, Kristin Haynes, creator of the Dreamsicles line of collectible ceramic figurines (like the one pictured here) raked in nearly $3 mil ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2010

    Morning Juice: Fatal Shooting in Boynton Beach; Rothstein's Conspicuous Consumption

    ​The news in Broward and Palm Beach this Tuesday morning:A double shooting late last night in Boynton Beach where one man is dead and another is in critical condition. It appears the shooting occurred on the road and that the dead man -- who hasn't been identified -- was driving a gold Lincoln Nav ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 3, 2009

    Broward Teachers Ask Court to Stop Health Insurance Rate Hike

    No more insurance hikes!​In a last-ditch effort to prevent Broward school employees from paying thousands of dollars more for health insurance for their kids next year, the Broward Teachers Union this morning filed suit in Broward County Circuit Court to temporarily stop the 45 percent insurance r ... More >>

  • News

    October 29, 2009

    President Obama Fails to Go After Those Responsible for Financial Meltdown

    No more insurance hikes!​In a last-ditch effort to prevent Broward school employees from paying thousands of dollars more for health insurance for their kids next year, the Broward Teachers Union this morning filed suit in Broward County Circuit Court to temporarily stop the 45 percent insurance r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 22, 2009

    Rape Victim Sees Doctor, Loses Health Insurance

    flickr.comRape? Sounds like a pre-existing condition to insurance companies.​Christina Turner, a 45-year-old Fort Lauderdale woman, was downtown, letting men at the bar by her drinks. The next thing she remembers is waking up on a roadside with cuts and bruises that indicated she may have been rap ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 18, 2009

    Fugitive From Jersey Lived Under Assumed Identity in Delray Beach

    Flickr: spinadelic​For those of you who thought you knew James Present, you didn't. You knew Ronald Hippolyte, the mastermind of an identity theft ring who was to serve a 4-and-a-half-year a prison sentence in New Jersey. He bolted in 2005 and has been living in Delray Beach as James Present since ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 28, 2009

    Pembroke Pines City Manager's Sweetheart Deal Gets Sweeter

    Flickr user: HeneghanCity Manager Charles Dodge rakes in the dough.​Pembroke Pines City Manager Charles Dodge has a sweet gig. For his hard work running the  150,000-resident Broward suburb, his company earns $755,000 a year, thanks to a special deal that makes him and Deputy City Manager Mar ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 8, 2009

    Witness To An Execution

    Not sure if that headline refers to Sun-Sentinel courtrs reporter Tonya Alanez getting lined up to view the potential state's offing of John Marek (see this excellent JAABlog post for details) or the slow-motion assassination of the newspaper industry's future. On the latter point, I give ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 9, 2009

    Paint Yo' Ass Off

    Not sure if that headline refers to Sun-Sentinel courtrs reporter Tonya Alanez getting lined up to view the potential state's offing of John Marek (see this excellent JAABlog post for details) or the slow-motion assassination of the newspaper industry's future. On the latter point, I give ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2009

    E.W. Scripps Makes Company-Wide Cuts

    The E.W. Scripps Company, which owns ten TV stations (including WPTV-Channel 5 in West Palm Beach) and 17 newspapers (the Rocky Mountain News, the Commercial Appeal, and the Naples Daily News among them) announced today that the company is suspending  its 401-K match and freezing ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 5, 2009

    Miami Herald Publisher: More Layoffs Coming To Newspaper

    Miami Herald Publisher David Landsberg informed all Herald employees this morning in an e-mail that newspaper would be laying off more employees in the coming weeks. "Unfortunately, it is already apparent there is no way to avoid the elimination of staff positions. We are exploring several alt ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2008

    1004 Words On Lehman Brothers

    Miami Herald Publisher David Landsberg informed all Herald employees this morning in an e-mail that newspaper would be laying off more employees in the coming weeks. "Unfortunately, it is already apparent there is no way to avoid the elimination of staff positions. We are exploring several alt ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 25, 2008

    Observations From The Pulp Tower

    Miami Herald Publisher David Landsberg informed all Herald employees this morning in an e-mail that newspaper would be laying off more employees in the coming weeks. "Unfortunately, it is already apparent there is no way to avoid the elimination of staff positions. We are exploring several alt ... More >>

  • News

    January 31, 2008

    Falling Behind

    Broward foreclosures hit condos hard

  • Blogs

    October 22, 2007

    Hip-Hop Summit Wrap-Up

    Broward foreclosures hit condos hard

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2007

    Hip-Hop Action Summit on Saturday at Florida Memorial University

    Broward foreclosures hit condos hard

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2006

    SPJer Says Scholarship Program Was Fixed

    Broward foreclosures hit condos hard

  • News

    March 30, 2006

    Win the Tourney or It's Your Mom's 401-k

    Making the top 500 in pro tennis is a big investment.

  • Calendar

    July 14, 2005

    $ucce$$

    Making the top 500 in pro tennis is a big investment.

  • Music

    October 16, 2003

    Queens of Wands

    The Mahotella Queens re-examine South African social traditions

  • Goods and Services

    May 16, 2002

    Best Dollar Store

    99 Cent Stuff

  • News

    February 14, 2002

    Letters for February 14, 2002

    Racial rants

  • Dining

    January 31, 2002

    Riding in Style

    Leave the driving to Mike's on the Beach

  • Dining

    June 15, 2000

    Foodstuff

    Millionaire's Concierge

  • Dining

    November 25, 1999

    Foodstuff

    the Kitchen Cupboard, Inc.

  • News

    November 4, 1999

    Disloyalty Is Job One

    Bob Horvath was the ultimate company man for GM and sold their cars for 40 years. The thanks he got? The auto giant put him out of business.

  • News

    April 1, 1999

    Undercurrents

    Bob Horvath was the ultimate company man for GM and sold their cars for 40 years. The thanks he got? The auto giant put him out of business.

  • News

    March 26, 1998

    You Can't Hide From David Muskowitz

    Using just a home computer, Tamarac's Super Snooper can pull up information that you mistakenly thought was private

  • News

    January 1, 1998

    Taken for a Ride and Left Stranded

    Aaron Travis thought he was buying a new Ranger from Armstrong Ford. Instead he got the shaft.

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